Anderson Kill & Olick has announced that Charles T. Lee, managing shareholder of the firm's Stamford, CT office, has accepted a nomination by Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy to serve as a superior court judge. Mr. Lee was confirmed by the state legislature on March 6, 2013.

After a rigorous audit, Evidence Exchange has announced that it has been selected as a Relativity Best in Service partner. Best in Service recognizes those Relativity partners that are providing an exceptional Relativity experience and high levels of service and support to their customers.

Kiersted is proud to announce that they have received kCura’s Relativity Best in Service designation, which recognizes Relativity Premium Hosting Partners who provide an exceptional Relativity experience for end users.

In its annual survey of the top practice groups in the world, Law360 has identified King & Spalding as a “Practice of the Year” in five areas of the law: class action, environmental, healthcare, intellectual property and real estate. Winners were selected by a team of Law360 editors based on the significance, size,...

Jon Hanifan has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lead its European hedge fund tax advisory team. He joined the firm today from Ernst & Young, where he was a director in the hedge fund tax practice.
Mr. Hanifan will work closely with the investment management practice, which was recently joined by partners Tim Pearce and Ian...

The Diversity Honors Gala, the nation’s premier awards program honoring leaders in the legal profession for diversity and inclusion, will return to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on September 17. Hosted by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the gala will recognize legal departments...

Nine Jones Day lawyers have been chosen by clients as “Client Service All-Stars” in BTI Consulting Group’s 2013 survey. The survey identifies lawyers who demonstrate exceptional legal skills and client focus; deliver outstanding results and superior value; and understand, and share a commitment to achieving, their clients’ business...

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global bar association representing more than 30,000 in-house counsel, recently released the largest global survey of the most pressing issues and challenges facing chief legal officers in corporate legal departments around the world.

Greg Cirillo, co-chair of Wiley Rein’s internationally recognized Aviation Practice, has been appointed vice chairman of the Virginia Bar Association’s (VBA) Transportation Law Section. Mr. Cirillo will also continue to serve as chair of the section’s Aviation Committee.
The VBA’s Transportation Law Section, founded in 1994,...

In ContractExpress for SharePoint 4.3, the new approval engine is optimized for the contracting process, supporting ad-hoc, sequential and parallel approvals driven by document data.
“This is more than just an incremental release. We revamped the entire approval engine and added enhanced support for outside party paper to match the...

Marcum LLP led the entire accounting industry in most new Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to an article published by Accounting Today. The article was based upon research reported by Audit Analytics, a company that analyzes changes in auditors of Public Companies. With six net SEC client wins...

Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of Thomson Reuters Concourse, a powerful new matter-centric suite of integrated tools and information designed expressly for corporate counsel and the law firms that support them. Concourse is cloud-based and built around an intuitive dashboard, and provides an integrated, collaborative platform to support the...

Marcum LLP, a top national accounting and advisory firm, has announced that Michael F. D’Addio, J.D. and Gail J. D’Addio, CPA have joined the firm’s New England tax practice, effectively immediately. Mr. D’Addio joins as a principal and Mrs. D’Addio joins as a director, based in Marcum’s...

Stradley Ronon partner Lee A. Rosengard has been appointed to the Directors and Officers’ (D&O) Liability Insurance Group, recently launched by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR). The group will explore ways to incorporate the use of mediation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution...

McCarter & English LLP has elected four new partners and one special counsel in its offices in Boston and Newark, effective January 1, 2013. The new partners are Maneesh Gulati, Yu Lu and Jonathan Short, members of the Intellectual Property / Information Technology group; and Joseph E. Ruccio III, a Construction and Infrastructure...

Complete Discovery Source, the leader in ediscovery, is unveiling several key offerings, most of which are new or updated for 2013. These “game-changers” are available for review through exclusive pre-scheduled, quick briefings at LegalTech in the company's private suite. Depending on guests' particular needs or interests, several...

Evidence Exchange, a national leader in e-discovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, announced today an expansion of its strategic partnership with Equivio, a leading provider of analytical solutions for e-discovery. The terms of the renewed agreement include the addition of Equivio Zoom, an integrated e-discovery platform for...

Accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron LLP (MP&S) has named a new partner to its Real Estate Group and two new principals to its Tax Practice and Litigation and Corporate Financial Advisory Services Group.